MUSQUEAM PLANT LIST – working document (plants native to Musqueam territory):
A database of the following plants with their uses by Musqueam for medicine, food, technology, and spirituality, is being compiled for review/editing and plant selection for the proposed medicinal garden and walk. Additional information to be compiled with collaboration includes the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name, planting considerations, and locations around campus (with emphasis on the grounds of the FNHL and pathways leading to and including the Museum of Anthropology). Most of these plants are in prime location for interpretive signage either in the garden, around the First Nations Longhouse or along the walkway (as well as other areas on campus such as Beaty Biodiveristy Centre Courtyard). Those plants “*”ed are already present in the garden site.
Abies grandis – to add
*Acer circinatum Pursh. (Vine Maple)
Acer glabrum Pursh.(Douglas Maple)
Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf Maple)
*Achillea millefolium L. (Yarrow)
Achlys triphylla (Vanilla-leaf)
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Alnus rubra Bong. (Red Alder)
Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon Berry)
Anaphalis margaretacea (Pearly Everlasting)
Arbutus menziesii Pursh. (Arbutus)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Spreng. (Bearberry)
Athyrium filix-femina (Lady fern)
*Berberis aquifolium Pursh. (Tall Oregon-grape) = Mahonia aquilifolium
Berberis nervosa Pursh. (Dull Oregon-grape) = Mahonia nervosa
Camassia leichtlinii (Great Camas) and Camassia quamash (Common Camas)
Chamaecyparis nootkaensis (Lamb) Spach. (Yellow Cedar) – new name!
Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt. (Prince’s Pine)
Cornus canadensis L. (Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood)
Cornus nuttallii (Pacific Dogwood)
Cornus sericea (red-osier dogwood)
Crataegus douglasii Lindl. (Black Hawthorn)
Daucus carota – to add
Disporum sp. (Fairybells)
*Epilobium angustifolium L. (Fireweed)
Erythronium oreganum Applegate (White Fawn Lily)
Fragaria chiloensis (Strawberry)
*Gaultheria shallon Pursh. (Salal)
Heracleum lanatum (Cow Parsnip)
Holodiscus discolor Pursh. (Oceanspray)
Juniperus communis (Common Juniper)
Kalmia microphylla spp. Occidentalis (Western Bog-laurel)
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. (Labrador Tea) – now Rhododendron groenlandicum
Lomatium nudicaule (Consumption plant)
Lonicera ciliosa poir. (Orange Honeysuckle)
Lonicera involucrata (Black Twinberry)
Lysichiton americanum (Swamp lantern, skunk cabbage)
Maianthemum dilatatum (False Lily-of-the-Valley)
Maianthemum racemosa or Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon’s Seal)
Malus fusca or Pyrus fusca (Pacific Crabapple)
Marah oregana (T. and G.) Greene. (Wild Cucumber)
Oemleria cerasiformis (June Plum)
Oplopanax horridus (Devil’s Club)
Oxycoccus oxycoccos or Vaccinium oxycoccus L. (Bog Cranberry)
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh.) Kuntze. (Ninebark)
Picea sitchensis Carr. (Sitka Spruce)
*Pinus contorta Dougl. ssp. contorta (Lodgepole Pine, Pine, or Shore)
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)
*Plantago major (Broad-leaved Plantain or Common Plantain)
Polypodium glycrrhiza (Licorice Fern)
Polypodium vulgare L. (Licorice Fern)
*Polystichum munitum (L.) Kaulf. (Sword Fern)
Populus balsamifera (Cottonwood)
Populus trichocarpa T. & G. (Black Cottonwood)
Prunus emarginata Dougl. (Bitter Cherry, Wild Cherry)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco. (Douglas Fir)
Pteridium aquilinum – to add
Rhamnus purshiana DC. (Cascara)
Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. (Dwarf Wild Rose)
Rose nutkana Presl. (Wild Rose)
*Rubus pariviflorus (Thimbleberry)
*Rubus spectabilis Pursh. (Salmonberry)
Sagittaria latifolia (Wapato)
Salix lucida ssp. Lasiandra (Pacific Willow)
Sambucus cerulea (Blue Elderberry)
Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)
Satureja douglasii (Yerba Buena)
Schoenoplectus acutus (Tule)
Shepherdia canadensis Nutt. (Soapberry)
Spiraea douglasii Hook. (Hardhack, Pink Spiraea)
Streptopus amplexifolius (Twisted stalk)
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake (Waxberry or Snowberry)
Thuja plicata Donn. (Western Red Cedar)
Tsuga heterophylla Sarg. (Western Hemlock)
Typha latifolia (Cattail)
Urtica dioica L. var. lyallii (Wats.) C. L. Hitchc. (Nettle Patch)
Vaccinium myrtilloides (Canada Blueberry) and Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Blueberry)
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh. (Evergreen Huckleberry)
*Vaccinium parvifolium Smith. (Red Huckleberry)
Veratrum viride (False Hellebore)
Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf. (High-bush Cranberry)
ADDITIONAL:
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
Prunus avium (bird cherry)
*Ribes sanguineum (red currant)
Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew)
Equisetum (Horsetail)
Blackberry, Cut-leaf (Rubus laciniatus) RNP * (Introduced)
Blackberry, Himalayan (Rubus discolor) RNP **(Introduced)
Blackberry, Trailing wild (Rubus ursinus) RNP *
Blackcap (Rubus leucodermis) (berries picked and eaten
Blueberry, Bog (Vaccinium uliginosum) GC
Blueberry, Highbush (Vaccinium corymbosum) RNP *** (Introduced)
Arctium (Burdock)
Fairybells (Disporum sp.)
Streptopus amplexifolius), or false solomon’s seal (Smilacina racemosa), or star-flowered Solomon’s seal (S. stellata) – identity uncertain] (roots used for medicine – Helen Callbreath)